My car's real low atm after the rmagic kit and certain other mods. i'm considering a hydraulic lift kit, would anyone recommend any? thanks

 

No.

 

i have the rmagic kit and i had to get a 3inch lift to make it look good.

 

Come on...Seriously? A hydraulic lift kit? haha.... I'm gonna do you a favor before you really get flamed on here lol... If the car is too low for a daily driver or whatever your reason may be buy a set of coilovers, they are height adjustable and you can raise the car to the height you want. Why in the hell would you put hydraulics in an RX-8...IT'S A SPORTS CAR!!! Sometime these threads really amaze me.

 

The only hydraulic system I would consider is from KW. http://www.kw-suspension.com/us/kw_hls.php

I like the idea in theory but with added weight and depending on cost I don't think I would ever do it. It would be nice to never go sideways over speed bumps or up/down driveways. My MS body kit is 1" lower and I have a 1" drop so I'm usually ok bt I just have to be careful.

 

OMG! i saw this a long time ago, didnt know they had a universal set!
expensive though.

 

Lol wait is he talking about hydraulic lift suspension? Or a hydraulic garage lift?

 

If anything I'd do air, hydros are messy and there's a lot of extra weight involved in batteries and lines and fluid and really it's all a huge pain in the ****. I've got a custom air ride on mine and it does the job, car still handles just fine contrary to what people seem to think. I'm in the process of saving up enough to re-do it all and when I'm done I'll have the best of both worlds (handling and aesthetics) and awesome ride quality to boot.

 

LOL. its fine to get flamed i don't mind it. i'd prefer to be able to adjust the height to lower it at times and then be able to enter carparks by highering it on the spot. im not familiar with what does what which is why im here askin for help. what would you guys recommend? thanks

 

Hydraulic systems tend to be 'fixed' at whatever height they are - there is no "give".

You sacrifice the shock absorber, and replace it with a hydraulic piston, that doesn't move at all. No shock absorbing, no bounce, I've been in lowriders that would crash so bad on a driveway, the sunvisors would both drop down.....

Air shocks are adjustable by pressure to lift the vehicle, but still compress on a pothole. Hydraulics have no such flex, they are solid.

But they do go up and down.......

 

oh...thanks for that stealth. so basically hydraulics sound like a bad option. are air shocks a better option?

 

air shocks can be great until you blow one. why dont you just get adjustable coil overs and save yourself the money and grief.

 

What about a product like this:

http://www.umbrellaautodesign.com/co...ed_design.html

It's a universal kit that works with many existing coilovers.

"In the collapsed state(set ride height) this device will not affect the handling of your vehicle whatsoever as it acts merely as a metal spacer.

When you engage the valves air is sent to the piston and the vehicle can be raised up to 5" DEPENDING ON APPLICATION, LIFT AMOUNT WILL VARY PER VEHICLE AND COILOVER UTILIZED to help navigate steep driveways,towtruck beds, speed bumps etc."

 

3000 dollars is a lot of money for a product you dont need. Remember our suspension and handling is rated top 3 for cars under 100,000 dollars msrp. for 1800-2000 dollars you can get a really nice set of adjustable coil overs.

 

Well, this kit works with coilovers, so it's $3000 + the price of the coilovers, but if you absolutely need height adjustment at the touch of a button but don't want to sacrifice handling... and you have a lot of extra cash lying around, something like this might work pretty well.

 

lol for that one time when your off roading your rx 8 on the deer lease and need to cross that 6 inches of water in the creek bed right:P

 

If you've got coilovers and a body kit you don't need to go off road to run into problems, most parking lot entrances and speed bumps will do. Hell, I've got stock body and Tein springs and I wouldn't mind having a couple more inches of clearance at the touch of a button.

It sounds like the OP already has coilovers and may have said "hydraulics" out of ignorance. The product I posted may be exactly what he's looking for.

 

just checked the product and it looks abit pricey but will consider it still after i check out my remaining options. sadly i dont have any coilovers yet so to get that product i'd need to get coilovers on top... is there anything else that would give me touch of a button height adjustment?

 

Entering my driveway I have less then 1/4" of clearance. It is scary how close it is. Not that I would pay $3k for this but that is besides the point. Something like this is all about protecting your ride when going over bumps and entering and exiting driveways and parking lots.

 

haha thats the whole point i suppose. i can't enter a single driveway atm. and underground parking areas will just destroy the front bumper off. i've already damaged it which is why i'd like to keep the looks tho be able to drive over the humps and driveways.

 

how high off is your clearance. you said you don't have coilovers, so you must be on springs? what kind?

if you can't enter a single driveway... you might want to throw the stock body back on until you decide on a solution. that is unless you like scraping.

 

I can understand lowering the vehicle. But I would never lower a daily driver to where I couldn't drive it. If its a track car, and your not running at a track with a bump you should be ok. But if your taking this vehicle on the streets, you should have only lowered it an inch at the most. If you were going to do 1.5 to 2 inches of lowring you should have gone with adjustable coil overs.

 

cars drivable with care on the streets. i suppose flat driveways i can enter but still pretty much uncomfortable. thanks for the advice and all but is there any other solutions to it?

 

Not without throwing the great handling of this car out the window, and you are still going to end up spending a lot of money to have something custom made (nothing off-the-shelf for an RX-8). What springs are you on?

 

I got an idea...

Sell you're car.

Buy a Cutlass and put a "Hydraulic Kit" on it